The spring bear hunt needs…

The spring bear hunt needs to end.

-Bear cubs could be cruelly orphaned by the hunt. Mother bears with cubs cannot legally be hunted; however, mother bears do not typically hunt with their cubs present, which puts her cubs at risk of predation or starvation.

-It does not make humans safer — orphaned bears are more likely to take desperate measures to find food, in ways that could endanger humans

-The government has stated a need to reduce hunting of black bears in Saugeen-Bruce Peninsula due to population concerns; however, it is speaking out of both sides of its mouth by proposing to allow hunting/trapping bears in that region. This is logically inconsistent.

-The economic benefits are marginal, and our economy needs well-paying jobs of the future that help Ontario compete with the developed world, not retrograde industries that rely on resource extraction and barbaric practices.